Action Team

Action Team is a program for high school students to volunteer in their communities. There are Action Teams of student volunteers in high schools across the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.  When you or your school join the Action Team, you’ll stand with Major League baseball players and Volunteers of America as we recruit and train thousands of high school students to make an impact in the lives of their neighbors in need. To submit an application and join an Action Team, visit http://playerstrust.org/action-team/.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Major Leaguers Matt Barnes, Chris Iannetta, and Ryan O’Rourke to Join Action Team Captains from Maine and Massachusetts in SENH Habitat for Humanity Service Project

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Action Team Captains & Major Leaguers Pitch in for Local Special Olympics Team
Players Trevor Brown, Mike Montgomery and Chad Smith joined Action Team Captains from West Ranch High School when they hosted their annual softball game with the local Special Olympics Sharks earlier this month.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Action Team Captains Take Action Against Hunger, Featured in Local Paper

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Adam Ottavino Shares Community Service Thoughts With Action Team Captains
Adam Ottavino, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies, recently joined the first Action Team conference call of the 2015-2016 school-year. He spoke about the importance of leadership and community to more than 30 Action Team Captains from high schools across the country. The Greenwood High School Action Team of Bowling Green, Kentucky joined Adam as the featured high school on the call.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Action Team Captains from Maine Fall into Service

Social Impact & Volunteering

Action Team Captains Throw “Prom” for Residents of Local Senior Community

Social Impact & Volunteering

West Deptford Action Team Swings Right into Action
With 20-plus volunteer projects planned for the 2015-16 school year, the West Deptford (NJ) Action Team hit the ground running and completed two of them before the end of September.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Bowling Green Action Team Joins Global Effort

Social Impact & Volunteering

Take it From an Action Team Captain, Teens: Planning a Successful Volunteer Project is Only 7 Steps Away
Planning your own community service project can seem daunting. Whether you’re developing a project to meet a college requirement, or simply doing so out of a love for volunteering, take a deep breath; it’s a lot easier when you know that you’ve got a great team to help you hit a home run! Try following these easy steps to move your community service around the bases.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Reflections from a Former Action Team Captain

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